RI, Malaysia to sign MoU on labor

RI, Malaysia to sign MoU on labor

JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa
Wea said on Wednesday that Indonesia expected to agree to a
Memorandum of Understanding on workers rights and obligations
with Malaysia by the end of this month.

The agreement would consist of several issues, including the
demand for Indonesian migrant workers by Malaysian industries and
the workers' protection in the neighboring country.

Hary Setiawan Saleh, director general of population
mobilization said Malaysia needed 150,000 more workers from
Indonesia this year. Indonesia already has 60,000 documented
workers there.

Of the remaining job opportunities in Malaysia, he said, the
government would give priority to undocumented workers who had
recently been deported, provided that they get all their papers
in order. --JP